The Ranch [or Rambler] Style: "The Classic Ranch [or Rambler] is a rectangular or L-Shaped home whose low-pitched roof caps an open, free-flowing plan. The house is typically long, narrow, and low to the ground, with a strong emphasis on the horizontal... While most Ranches are one story, Split-levels accommodate the house to sloping sites."- Updating Classic America Ranches, by Caren Connolly & Louis Wasserman